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Like the original, the "Devil Wears Prada" sequel is again auctioning its costumes, this time at Christie's. Being very on-brand with the "Devil Wears Prada" sass, the auction is titled "A Million Girls Would Kill For These Things". The…

The ruby slippers from ‘Wizard of Oz’, stolen in 2005, are expected to fetch $800,000 in an upcoming auction. The slippers were first featured in The Wizard of Oz (1939), often cited among the greatest films ever made. The character of…

The Villa Aurora, the popular mansion housing the only mural by Caravaggio, failed to be sold at the auction. When the Villa Aurora first went up for sale, there was much hype in the market regarding its potential ownership. The house…

A rare copy of the United States Constitution was sold for $43 million at a Sotheby’s auction, making it one of the most expensive historic documents ever sold. The copy was in the possession of Dorothy Tapper Goldman, a New York-based…

Villa Aurora, the famed Roman villa that houses decorations by Caravaggio, is hitting the auction block on January 18. Formally known as the Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, the Villa Aurora is a Renaissance-era property located in…

The Picasso art collection of former casino boss Steve Wynn saw a successful auction by Sotheby's over the weekend - fetching over $109 million. The high-profile auction was held at the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas. When the resorts acquired…

Gauging the growing interest in the Asian market for Old Master works, Sotheby’s will unveil a painting by Sandro Botticelli tomorrow. Titled “The Man Of Sorrows”, the painting features a resurrected Jesus Christ wearing a red garment.…

Sotheby’s has filed a lawsuit claiming that the Diego Giacometti works sold to them by Bettina von Marnitz Thut and her husband were of dubious provenance. The lawsuit, filed on August 3 at Southern District Court in New York, names…

British scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning the original World Wide Web code as an NFT in an upcoming auction at Sotheby's. The work, which is a time-stamped original code containing 9,550 lines, will go on sale at Sotheby’s from…

The 20th Century and Contemporary art auction at Phillips concluded on Thursday on quite a great note. Closely following the success at Christie’s auction, the auction at Phillips managed to score an impressive $108.1 million. Compared to…